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Weekly Contest #107
She heard the sirens behind her before she saw the flashing lights. “Oh, brother.” Glancing at her speed, Barb realized that she was going 40. It was only ten over the speed limit! “Give me a break,” she thought to herself, as she wondered if she would be late getting dinner ready. A tap on the window. She rolled it down. “Good afternoon, officer.” “Do you know why I pulled you over?” the officer asked, with a small smile. “I do not,” Barb lied, hoping that the officer wasn’t one of the difficult ones. If she was being honest, she would sa...
Weekly Contest #106
The swirl of the cappuccino milk might be beautiful, she thought to herself, the idea vaguely penetrating through the fog of morning. Maybe in a different lifetime, she could stop to appreciate it. As it was, there was no mental room for anything outside of her morning routine: robotic by necessity, dulled and monotone. She drifted through the kitchen, feeling slow but moving fast, fueled by the dull adrenaline of an unknown amount of limited time. Absently, she wondered if she had ever considered the milk in her cappuccino, other than sh...
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